Tikhon Dzyadko
Tikhon Dzyadko, born 1987, Moscow. Charges: Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code (Dissemination of false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government…); Article 330.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code (Violation of the procedure for activities of a foreign agent, committed by a person after being…); “Tikhon Dzyadko's Russian Armed Forces "fakes" case”. Sentenced on May 12, 2026. Status: not in Russia.
In brief
Moscow · Moscow · Journalists · Anti-war cases, Cases against "foreign agents"
Sentence
8 years
Ban on activity, Imprisonment (in absentia), Fine
No information about an appeal ruling.
Charges
- Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code — Dissemination of false information about the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, government agencies, or mercenaries (based on political, ideological, racial, national or religious hatred or enmity, or on grounds of hatred or enmity in relation to any social group)
- Article 330.1 part 2, Russian Criminal Code — Violation of the procedure for activities of a foreign agent, committed by a person after being persecuted for an administrative offence
Full wording of the charges
According to the investigation, in one of the messengers he posted publications for an unlimited number of people, which, according to the investigation, contained knowingly false information about the actions of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation against the peaceful population of Ukraine.
Latest event
May 12, 2026 — first-instance verdict
The court delivered a guilty verdict: 8 years.
Timeline
· First-instance verdict
guilty verdict · 8 years
· Added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of “terrorists and extremists”
· Persecution begins
Tikhon Dzyadko's Russian Armed Forces "fakes" case
· Added to the register of “foreign agents”
Criminal case
Tikhon Dzyadko's Russian Armed Forces "fakes" case
- Case number
- 01-0127/2026
Thematic group: Anti-war case; The case of TV Rain employees
Details and sources
Full summary
Editor-in-chief of the Dozhd TV channel. In April 2025, it became known that he was put on a wanted list.
In July 2025, the Investigative Committee reported that a case was opened against him for spreading "fakes" about the Russian army with a hate motive and evading the duties of a "foreign agent". The charge of "fakes" is related to certain publications about the Russian army's crimes against civilians in Ukraine.
In 2023-2025, Dzyadko was fined three times in administrative cases for failure to fulfil the duties of a "foreign agent".
All fields of the record
- Citizenship
- Russia
Other people prosecuted under Article 207.3 part 2 item d, Russian Criminal Code
Under the same article, not necessarily in the same case.